Stop doomscrolling! The 50 cheeriest social media accounts – from dancing academics to seal pups

Now more than ever we all need to sprinkle some happiness into our social media feeds. Here are the best accounts to follow, whether you love spectacular jelly creations or hilarious Japanese mascots

‘I’ve never been wrong’: has a C-list Hollywood blog scooped the world with royal news?

Secret protocols have long been in place for how the death of the Queen will be revealed. Or they were until ‘sources close to the Royal Kingdom’ got chatty

‘Making music is about making assets for social media’: pop stars battle digital burnout

After Charli XCX left social media citing unkindness from fans, musicians are opening up about the pressures of maintaining an online presence

Reddit and Twitter users face age checks under UK porn law plans

Social network users may be asked to submit passport or credit card details under plans outlined by ministers

Sending threatening posts among offences in revised online safety bill

Proposed laws require tech firms to prevent publication of harmful content or face substantial fines

Intoxicating, insidery and infuriating: everything I learned about Dominic Cummings from his £10-a-month blog

Since he left Downing Street, Boris Johnson’s former adviser has been setting out his worldview – and settling scores – on his Substack. Could it help us understand the most notorious man in British politics?

Nigeria lifts Twitter ban seven months after site deleted president’s post

Government says Twitter has agreed to conditions on management of unlawful content and to register in Nigeria

Andrew Neil threatens to sue Jennifer Arcuri after tweet about Epstein

Businesswoman had made claims about journalist’s inclusion in a contact book owned by Jeffrey Epstein

Americans were horrified to be told to live like Europeans. Is it longer life expectancy they mind?

An article suggesting US citizens could learn something from a Europe racked, it said, by goods shortages has caused predictable outrage, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi

Donald Trump desperately needs Twitter. But will he ever be able to beat his ban?

Trump has handled his social media exile with all the grace one would expect – and now he’s pathetically grovelling for the chance to tweet

Social media firms serve as gateway for scammers, says finance watchdog

FCA threatens action unless platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram do not toughen up against fraudsters

Want to read Dominic Cummings’s innermost thoughts? That’s going to cost you

Newsletter platforms such as Ghost and Substack may be good writers’ incomes, but they’ve put important voices beyond the reach of the less affluent

A moment that changed me: my boss discovered my secret blog

Bored working in a law firm in Brussels, I filled my time writing anonymously online about love, life – and how dull my job was. Then my colleagues found my posts ...

Student proves Twitter algorithm ‘bias’ toward lighter, slimmer, younger faces

Company pays $3,500 to Bogdan Kulynych who demonstrated flaw in image cropping software

Zola review – pulp-factual viral tweet becomes an icily slick urban thriller

Aziah ‘Zola’ Wells’s viral story of her crazily dangerous 2015 trip to Florida in search of pole-dancing money is brought to the screen with seductive comedy